Hal Henderics Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 (Crucial Info) Reveal hidden contents This is an "Illustrated Suggestion Game". What this means is that this will be a game in which players vote on the actions of a single character, or their limited number of companions that they may come across. I will be posting Images that go along with this, so being able to view images is recommended to experience the entirety of a post, as certain descriptive elements may be left entirely in the hands of the illustrated image, in the case of areas, objects and creatures. -- Options provided in a post are merely suggestions, players may choose to Write In a vote as well, and if it receives enough support, it will be used. -- There will frequently be large swaths of this game in which players are left to decide courses of action without being prompted by an immediate goal. Having plans in advance, or being willing to take initiative will aid this process along greatly. -- The most general guidelines for this game include: 1. No blatant Evil: The title of the game does not imply that Rampant Murder, Theft, and Jaywalking are appropriate courses of action, Especially unprompted. Players are perfectly allowed to make morally unjustified decisions where they become relevant, I will not, however, support lifting the game off the rails to indulge in asinine schemes that throw any morality or sensibility out the window only to replace them with horror and insanity. 2. Don't Stall Out: Previous incarnations of this game died due to stagnation and the players working themselves into situations or paradigms that discouraged others from participating. 3. Have Fun: If you aren't having fun, then there's a problem and I need to be immediately notified. -- Updates will be either Weekly, Twice Weekly, or as soon as a certain number of posts are made. This is the Darkness Redeemed Discord. Enter at your leisure. -- This is horseshit. You think to yourself as you stumble over to the nearest rock. All you did was [Kill one little person]/[Cause massive chaos over several city blocks]/[Attempt to steal the Crown Jewels]/[Something Else] and they treat you like this. It wouldn't have been so bad, but they discovered you were a [Fey]/[Synthetic Human]/[Demon]/[Something Else], which is more or less a death sentence. Enough Monologuing. They dumped you in Dragon's Scrap instead of killing you. They probably just wanted to make sure you couldn't just come back to haunt them. Cowards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 All we did was steal the identity of some duke/other person of importance. It didn't help that we're a changeling whose natural form is too horrifying and eldritch to describe properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endlessblaze Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 9:38 PM, King Murdoc said: All we did was steal the identity of some duke/other person of importance. It didn't help that we're a changeling whose natural form is too horrifying and eldritch to describe properly. Expand That and we killed the guard who arrested us.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armok Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 All we did was steal the identity of some duke's daughter. It didn't help that we're a changeling whose natural form is too horrifying and eldritch to describe properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) All we did was accidentally elope with the crown prince/princess. It didn't help that we're a dread pirate responsible for immense terror on the seas. Edited November 29, 2017 by Strider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banelord Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 All we did was steal the identity of some duke/other person of importance. It didn't help that we're a changeling whose natural form is too horrifying and eldritch to describe properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeros Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) All we did was steal the identity and the undies of some duke/other person of importance. It didn't help that we're changeling whose natural form is too horrifying and eldritch to describe properly. Edited November 29, 2017 by Zeros my fault... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHATH Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Aw man, it's back. If you haven't already, you should check out Shadestyle's other games (note that that was not an exhaustive list). On 11/29/2017 at 9:48 PM, banelord said: All we did was steal the identity of some duke/other person of importance. It didn't help that we're a changeling whose natural form is too horrifying and eldritch to describe properly. Expand +1 On 11/29/2017 at 9:42 PM, Endlessblaze said: That and we killed the guard who arrested us.... Expand -1. While being predisposed to murder would be nice, it probably wouldn't be as useful as it normally would be due to the whole "redeeming ourselves" thing/goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Henderics Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) All you did was Steal the Identity of Duke Brightain and they treat you like this. It wouldn't have been so bad, but they discovered you were a Changeling, which is more or less a death sentence. Enough Monologuing. They dumped you in Dragon's Scrap instead of killing you. They probably just wanted to make sure you couldn't just come back to haunt them. Cowards. You collapse against the nearby rock, tired. Only one identity to your name right now, as the rest of them were discovered. If one of your identities is discovered as false, it will lose much, if not all of it's power. This one is some no-name wastelander with a big gun and bigger ego, from some older times. You'll need a name. From now on, this identity will be called [...] There's a City off in the distance. The Twelfth City, looks like. You were thrown out of the Thirteenth City, Waygept. Rumor says that The Twelfth City is ruled by a vicious Dragon, but you've heard little else about it. The Thirty-Two Cities rarely get reliable word to one another, the challenges of surviving in the wastelands between them are to thank for that. You suppose you'll find out what those challenges are, being stranded out here and all. [Rest Until Night] [Go to The Twelfth City] [Something Else] -- Stats Reveal hidden contents Health: Fine Energy: Tired. Anima: Full to the Brim Inventory Reveal hidden contents Quote -Conceptual Items Wastelander's Identity: The form of an unnamed Wastelander, who wielded a large gun in battle. Expand Quote -Physical Items Nothing Expand Abilities Reveal hidden contents Quote -General Abilities Check: The user spends time and energy meticulously going over something to give it a more precise value or description, if only temporarily. Only information which the user is sure of is shown when this ability is used. Expand Quote -Racial Abilities (Abilities which rely on the user's species to function) Identity Theft (De Jure): The user strikes a target with a blast of Anima, using it to dissolve the target's identity into a partition of the user's Anima for later use. Stolen Identities can be used to alter the user's own form. Expand Quote -De Facto Abilities (General Abilities which use Anima to affect the Material World.) File: The user reshapes matter over time with their tools, their Anima, and their own hands. Expand Quote -De Jure Abilities (General Abilities which use Anima to affect the Conceptual World.) Claim: The user partitions a portion of their Anima to dissolve an object into it as Concepts. This portion of Anima's properties will be altered based on what is dissolved within it. The user may return dissolved concepts back into reality given time. Expand Edited November 30, 2017 by Hal Henderics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endlessblaze Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 This identity is known simply as "King". Its both simple, and conveys the over inflated ego of the identity. While also being plain enough to not merit to much skeptsim. We should Rest until night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 This identity is known as Jack B. Owens, fattest gunslinger in the west. We should rest until night. No need to tire ourselves by walking under the hot sun all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHATH Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Seconding naming this identity "King". Maybe we should give him the self-proclaimed title/nickname "King of the Wastelands"? That would help us avoid confusion if we steal the identity of an actual/"proper" king later. Rest until night, but see if we can get out of the sun(light) first. Maybe we can use File on the rock to make a small shelter/cubbyhole out of/in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endlessblaze Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 King is belivable as a no name's name. king of the badlands is harder to swallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armok Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 "King" works, as a name not a title, like Stephen King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Rest until night, but try and learn how to use our Anima to press sand together into glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Henderics Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 You decide to name this new identity "King", a worthy title. Resting until night, you use File to twist your resting rock into a Shelter, and toy with the idea of turning sand into glass. This substance isn't sand, but you are able to fuse the scale-like rocks together regardless, forming a glassy obsidian-like substance. You have gained Glassy Obsidian. Your Heart feels like it's stopped in your chest. It hasn't, but that's what it feels like. Something is right outside of your shelter, two... three... Three... and a half(?) sets of footsteps. You hear some sort of snuffling taking place, like something snorting at the ground, and then a few more hesitant steps closer. Maybe not even hesitant. Maybe meticulous. You don't have quite the skills needed to pick out intent from mere footsteps. It is a good thing you are rested. [Prepare to Fight] [Prepare to Hide] [Prepare to Run] [Something Else] Stats Reveal hidden contents Health: Good Energy: Fine Anima: Full to the Brim, Exerted Lightly. Inventory Reveal hidden contents Quote -Conceptual Items King: The form of an unnamed Wastelander, who wielded a large gun in battle. Expand Quote -Physical Items Glassy Obsidian: A large and slick stone made from the smaller purple stones of Dragon's Scrape. Expand Abilities Reveal hidden contents Quote -General Abilities Check: The user spends time and energy meticulously going over something to give it a more precise value or description, if only temporarily. Only information which the user is sure of is shown when this ability is used. Expand Quote -Racial Abilities (Abilities which rely on the user's species to function) Identity Theft (De Jure): The user strikes a target with a blast of Anima, using it to dissolve the target's identity into a partition of the user's Anima for later use. Stolen Identities can be used to alter the user's own form. Expand Quote -De Facto Abilities (General Abilities which use Anima to affect the Material World.) File: The user reshapes matter over time with their tools, their Anima, and their own hands. Igneous Extruder: The user turns stone into a glassy substance, melding it together with Anima. Expand Quote -De Jure Abilities (General Abilities which use Anima to affect the Conceptual World.) Claim: The user partitions a portion of their Anima to dissolve an object into it as Concepts. This portion of Anima's properties will be altered based on what is dissolved within it. The user may return dissolved concepts back into reality given time. Expand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Prepare to seal ourselves in the rock we hollowed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Attempt to make our skin take on the appearance and general consistency of the rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHATH Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 On 12/3/2017 at 1:24 AM, King Murdoc said: Attempt to make our skin take on the appearance and general consistency of the rock. Expand +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banelord Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Prepare to use identity theft as a method of weakening or defeating the newly arrived enemies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova187 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 On 12/3/2017 at 12:40 AM, Strider said: Prepare to seal ourselves in the rock we hollowed out. Expand +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Henderics Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 You seal yourself inside the rock, and wear at it's identity to take for your own using Anima wrapped around your hand to rub at the inside of the shelter. It's a weak disguise, and the creatures scrabble at your rocky shelter through the rest of the night. Eventually, morning arrives, and the creatures flee at the morning light. Your eyes are bleary, and your body stiff from assuming the stone form for so long. Stats Reveal hidden contents Health: Good Energy: A bit Bleary Anima: Full to the Brim, Exerted. Inventory Reveal hidden contents Quote -Conceptual Items King: The form of an unnamed Wastelander, who wielded a large gun in battle. Stone: The form of a part of large stone. It is weak. Expand Quote -Physical Items Glassy Obsidian: A large and slick stone made from the smaller purple stones of Dragon's Scrape. Expand Abilities Reveal hidden contents Quote -General Abilities Check: The user spends time and energy meticulously going over something to give it a more precise value or description, if only temporarily. Only information which the user is sure of is shown when this ability is used. Expand Quote -Racial Abilities (Abilities which rely on the user's species to function) Identity Theft (De Jure): The user strikes a target with a blast of Anima, using it to dissolve the target's identity into a partition of the user's Anima for later use. Stolen Identities can be used to alter the user's own form. Expand Quote -De Facto Abilities (General Abilities which use Anima to affect the Material World.) File: The user reshapes matter over time with their tools, their Anima, and their own hands. Igneous Extruder: The user turns stone into a glassy substance, melding it together with Anima. Expand Quote -De Jure Abilities (General Abilities which use Anima to affect the Conceptual World.) Claim: The user partitions a portion of their Anima to dissolve an object into it as Concepts. This portion of Anima's properties will be altered based on what is dissolved within it. The user may return dissolved concepts back into reality given time. Expand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Stretch a bit, and then look at that thing over there. What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova187 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Agreed. Let's walk over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endlessblaze Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 EXAMIN THE THING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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